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  • C07C233/00—Carboxylic acid amides
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  • C07C233/16—Carboxylic acid amides having carbon atoms of carboxamide groups bound to hydrogen atoms or to acyclic carbon atoms having the nitrogen atom of at least one of the carboxamide groups bound to a carbon atom of a hydrocarbon radical substituted by singly-bound oxygen atoms
  • C07C233/17—Carboxylic acid amides having carbon atoms of carboxamide groups bound to hydrogen atoms or to acyclic carbon atoms having the nitrogen atom of at least one of the carboxamide groups bound to a carbon atom of a hydrocarbon radical substituted by singly-bound oxygen atoms with the substituted hydrocarbon radical bound to the nitrogen atom of the carboxamide group by an acyclic carbon atom
  • C07C233/18—Carboxylic acid amides having carbon atoms of carboxamide groups bound to hydrogen atoms or to acyclic carbon atoms having the nitrogen atom of at least one of the carboxamide groups bound to a carbon atom of a hydrocarbon radical substituted by singly-bound oxygen atoms with the substituted hydrocarbon radical bound to the nitrogen atom of the carboxamide group by an acyclic carbon atom having the carbon atom of the carboxamide group bound to a hydrogen atom or to a carbon atom of an acyclic saturated carbon skeleton
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
  • C07—ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
  • C07C—ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
  • C07C235/00—Carboxylic acid amides, the carbon skeleton of the acid part being further substituted by oxygen atoms
  • C07C235/42—Carboxylic acid amides, the carbon skeleton of the acid part being further substituted by oxygen atoms having carbon atoms of carboxamide groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton
  • C07C235/44—Carboxylic acid amides, the carbon skeleton of the acid part being further substituted by oxygen atoms having carbon atoms of carboxamide groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton with carbon atoms of carboxamide groups and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to carbon atoms of the same non-condensed six-membered aromatic ring
  • C07C235/48—Carboxylic acid amides, the carbon skeleton of the acid part being further substituted by oxygen atoms having carbon atoms of carboxamide groups bound to carbon atoms of six-membered aromatic rings and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to the same carbon skeleton with carbon atoms of carboxamide groups and singly-bound oxygen atoms bound to carbon atoms of the same non-condensed six-membered aromatic ring having the nitrogen atom of at least one of the carboxamide groups bound to an acyclic carbon atom of a hydrocarbon radical substituted by singly-bound oxygen atoms

Definitions

• the invention relates to non-ionic surface active compounds.
• Non-ionic surface active compounds are known for use in a wide variety of applications. For example, they have found use as agents which lower surface tension, wetting aids and emulsifiers.
• EP-A-0 314 425 describes non-ionic surface active compounds which are particularly useful as coating aids and dispersing aids in the preparation of photographic materials.
• the invention provides non-ionic surface active compounds which are useful alternatives to the known compounds and which possess unexpected advantages compared to the compounds of EP-A-0 314 425.
• the non-ionic surface active compounds of the invention are soluble or dispersible in water and exhibit properties that are typical of hydrophilic surfactants. For example, they lower surface tension when in solution in water and the resulting solutions readily foam and improve the wetting of hydrophobic solid surfaces.
• the compounds are particularly good emulsifying agents for oils. Being non-ionic, they do not cause increases in viscosity when added to charged polyelectrolyte systems e.g. aqueous gelatin. In disperse systems containing ionic surfactant and charged polyelectrolyte they can reduce viscosity, particularly at low shear.
• the compounds of the invention are very effective at lowering the viscosity of dispersions of oils of fine droplet size in aqueous gelatin made using anionic surfactants as dispersing aids.
• a further advantage possessed by the compounds of the invention is that they are more readily prepared than the compounds of EP-A-0 314 425.
• the invention provides water-soluble or water-dispersible compounds having the formula ##STR3## wherein
• L' is a chemical bond, --O--, --S--, --NH--, --CONH-- or --SO 2 NH--;
• R is a hydrophobic substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group;
• each of R 1 and R 2 independently is hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;
• each of a and b independently is 0 or an integer from 1 to 3, provided that the sum of a and b is not greater than 3;
• each of x and y independently is an integer from 3 to 7.
• R contains from 6 to 36, more preferably from 6 to 24 and most preferably from 6 to 18 carbon atoms.
• a particularly preferred R group is an n-alkyl group containing from 6 to 18 carbon atoms.
• each of R 1 and R 2 independently is a methyl, ethyl, propyl or butyl group.
• composition comprising a hydrophilic colloid and a surface active agent characterised in that the surface active agent is a compound according to the invention.
• the compounds of the invention may be used as coating aids and as dispersing aids in the preparation of photographic materials.
• a support In the preparation of a photographic material, it is usual to coat a support with one or more layers comprising an aqueous solution of a hydrophilic colloid binder, preferably, gelatin.
• layers include, for example, silver halide emulsion layers, intermediate layers, antihalation layers, filter layers, antistatic layers and protective layers.
• Such layers normally contain one or more surface active agents.
• a number of photographic additives used in light-sensitive photographic materials are hydrophobic.
• Oil-soluble additives may be incorporated in the material by dissolving them in a substantially water-insoluble, high boiling point solvent which is then dispersed in an aqueous solution of the hydrophilic colloid. The formation of the dispersion may be facilitated by using an appropriate surface active agent, commonly referred to as a dispersing aid.
• Such oil-soluble additives include image dye-forming couplers, dye stabilizers, antioxidants and ultra-violet radiation absorbing agents. Processes for dispersing oil-soluble photographic additives are well known in the art.
• the surface active agents of the invention may be used as dispersing aids.
• a dispersion may be formed by a process comprising dispersing a hydrophobic material in an aqueous solution of a hydrophilic colloid in the presence of a surface active agent of the invention.
• the surface active agent When employed as a dispersing aid, the surface active agent may be used in an amount from 0.1 to 5, preferably from 0.5 to 3 percent by weight based on the weight of the dispersion.
• surface active agents may be used as coating aids in the preparation of photographic materials.
• coating solutions are coated uniformly without the formation of repellency spots or craters, hereinafter referred to as repellencies.
• a repellency is a round, oval-shaped or comet-shaped indentation or crater in the coated layer and is usually produced by the presence of small particles or droplets of insoluble materials in the form of addenda, impurities or contaminants which are in contact with the uppermost liquid-air interface of the coated layer and are capable of reducing the surface tension of the liquid-air interface during the coating process.
• a surface active agent of the invention may be used as coating aid in the preparation of a hydrophilic colloid layer.
• a method of making a material containing a hydrophilic colloid layer e.g. a photographic sheet material comprises coating a support with an aqueous composition comprising a hydrophilic colloid and a surface active agent of the invention.
• the surface active agent When used as a coating aid, may be present in an amount from 0.01 to 1.0, preferably from 0.05 to 0.2 percent by weight based on the weight of the hydrophilic colloid coating composition.
• the preferred hydrophilic colloid is gelatin e.g. alkali-treated gelatin (cattle bone or hide gelatin) and acid-treated gelatin (pigskin gelatin) or a gelatin derivative e.g. acetylated gelatin and phthalated gelatin.
• suitable hydrophilic colloids include naturally occurring substances such as proteins, protein derivatives, cellulose derivatives e.g. cellulose esters, polysaccharides e.g. dextran, gum arabic, zein, casein and pectin, collagen derivatives, agar-agar, arrowroot and albumin.
• suitable synthetic hydrophilic colloids include polyvinyl alcohol, acrylamide polymers, maleic acid copolymers, acrylic acid copolymers, methacrylic acid copolymers and polyalkylene oxides.
• the surface active agents of the invention show good compatibility with anionic surfactants when both are incorporated in a solution of an ion-containing gelatin e.g. a solution of a regular type IV bone gelatin.
• an ion-containing gelatin e.g. a solution of a regular type IV bone gelatin.
• This particular gelatin contains calcium ions which may be present in an amount from 3000 to 5000 ppm with respect to dry gelatin.
• the hydrophilic colloid compositions of the invention are suitable for use in the preparation of photographic materials, particularly silver halide materials.
• the invention provides a photographic material comprising a support having thereon at least one layer comprising a hydrophilic colloid composition as described above.
• the photographic material comprises a photographic silver halide emulsion layer.
• the material of this invention may comprise a negative-working or positive-working silver halide emulsion layer.
• Suitable emulsions and their preparation are described in Research Disclosure Sections I and II and the publications cited therein.
• Suitable vehicles for the emulsion layers and other layers of elements of this invention are described in Research Disclosure Section IX and the publications cited therein.
• the photographic materials of this invention or individual layers thereof can contain brighteners (see Research Disclosure Section V), antifoggants and stabilizers (see Research Disclosure Section VI), antistain agents and image dye stabilizer (see Research Disclosure Section VII, paragraphs I and J), light absorbing and scattering materials (see Research Disclosure Section VIII), hardeners (see Research Disclosure Section XI), plasticizers and lubricants (see Research Disclosure Section XII), antistatic agents (see Research Disclosure Section XIII), matting agents (see Research Disclosure Section XVI) and development modifiers (see Research Disclosure Section XXI).
• brighteners see Research Disclosure Section V
• antifoggants and stabilizers see Research Disclosure Section VI
• antistain agents and image dye stabilizer see Research Disclosure Section VII, paragraphs I and J
• light absorbing and scattering materials see Research Disclosure Section VIII
• hardeners see Research Disclosure Section XI
• plasticizers and lubricants see Research Disclosure Section XII
• antistatic agents see Research Disclosure Section XIII
• matting agents see Research Disclosure
• the photographic materials can be coated on a variety of supports as described in Research Disclosure Section XVII and the references described therein.
• the photographic materials can be exposed to actinic radiation, typically in the visible region of the spectrum, to form a latent image as described in Research Disclosure Section XVIII and then processed to form a visible dye image as described in Research Disclosure Section XIX.
• Processing to form a visible dye image includes the step of contacting the element with a colour developing agent to reduce developable silver halide and oxidize the colour developing agent. Oxidized colour developing agent in turn reacts with the coupler to yield a dye.
• this processing step leads to a negative image.
• this step can be preceded by development with a non-chromogenic developing agent to develop exposed silver halide, but not form dye, and then uniform fogging of the element to render unexposed silver halide developable.
• a direct positive emulsion can be employed to obtain a positive image.
• the surface active agents of the invention may be prepared by reacting an appropriate dicarboxylic acid ester with an appropriate monosaccaride amine according to the following reaction scheme: ##STR5## wherein L, R 1 , R 2 , x and y are as defined above and Alk is a lower alkyl group such as methyl.
• the reaction is carried out in the absence of a solvent.
• the reaction temperature may be from 140° to 200° C., more preferably from 140° to 160° C.
• the dicarboxylic acid starting material may be prepared by a number of methods. One such method is shown in the following reaction scheme: ##STR6## wherein X is a halogen atom, and R, Alk, a and b are as defined above.
• the halide starting material is reacted in solution with the dicarboxylic acid ester at an elevated temperature.
• the solvent e.g. an alkanol
• water can be added and the crude product extracted into an organic solvent such as diethyl ether, dried and evaporated.
• the product can be purified by distillation at reduced pressure.
• 4-dodecyloxydimethylphallate was isolated by chromatography on silica gel (63-200 mesh) eluting with diethyl ether: petroleum ether (bp 40-60) 1:9, or by crystallization from ethyl acetate-petroleum ether, as a solid (4.4 g, 60%).
• This reaction can also be carried out using other bases in place of sodium hydride, such as potassium t-butoxide, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0] undec-7-ene (DBU), sodium hydroxide or a sodium alkoxide.
• bases such as potassium t-butoxide, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0] undec-7-ene (DBU), sodium hydroxide or a sodium alkoxide.
• DBU 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0] undec-7-ene
• Other solvents can also be used such as tetrahydrofuran, dichloromethane or hexane (when carried out as a 2-phase reaction using a phase transfer catalyst).
• 1-Dodecyloxy-3,4-bis(N-methylgluconamido)benzene was prepared from 4-dodecyloxydimethylphthallate (0.54 g, 1.4 mmol) by heating under inert atmosphere with N-methylglucamine (0.56 g, 2.86 mmol) at 160° C. for 2.5 h.
• the reaction vessel was then evacuated (10 mm Hg) to ensure removal of all methanol, and after 1 h allowed to cool to give compound (2) as a hygroscopic solid foam.
• Aqueous solutions comprising 10 percent by weight regular type IV bone gelatin containing 3000 to 5000 ppm calcium with respect to dry gelatin were formed.
• the solutions contained varying amounts of a commercially available anionic surfactant Alkanol XC (Dupont) which is a substituted alkyl naphthalene sulphonate.
• the solutions also contained varying amounts of a non-ionic surface active agent of the invention or one of the preferred non-ionic surface active agents of EP-A-O 314 425 having the formula ##STR10##
• the compounds of the invention showed an advantage of compatibility in aqueous gelatin solution over the previously known surface active agent.
• the gelatin layers were coated onto a polyethylene terephthalate film base suitably subbed to give good adhesion to gelatin.
• the bottom layer consisted of a 4% by weight solution of a bone gelatin in water coated at 85.4 ml/m 2 .
• the top layer consisted of a 7% by weight solution of a bone gelatin in water containing a coloured dye marker, 1 ppm oleic acid as a contaminant to indue repellency and a quantity of the surface active compound under test.
• the top layer was applied at a coverage of 14.2 ml/m 2 . Both layers were applied simultaneously at a temperature of 40° C. using a conventional double slide hopper with applied suction and a linear coating speed of 15 m/min.
• the coating aid was used in amounts ranging from 0.05 to 0.20% by weight based on the weight of the coating solution for the top layer.
• N denotes that the coating was covered in many repellencies while C denotes that no repellencies were produced, i.e. complete control of repellencies.
• C* denotes virtual control of repellencies, i.e. only occasional single repellencies were observed, of the order of one or two per meter.
• the compounds of the invention can be employed to modify the rheology of oil dispersions in aqueous gelatin containing an anionic surfactant.
• Dispersions of oils of fine droplet size in aqueous gelatin made using simple anionic surfactants as dispersing aids tend to show high viscosity, particularly at low shear rates.
• Apprpriate levels of nonionic surfactants of the invention are very capable of reducing viscosity in such systems.
• the surfactant content of each sample is shown in Table 4 below.

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